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As his hunt for medical supplies gets more and more ruthless, Florida Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz took to Twitter — for the second time — to troll mask manufacturer 3M.

"Hello again," Moskowitz begins, sounding reminiscent of an old Lionel Richie love song in his attempt to publicly shame the multi-billion dollar corporation on social media.

Then he immediately pivots to the business at hand: "I have money, you have masks, yet you won’t sell them to me. Stop selling to foreign governments."

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The masks in question are the N95 masks that filter out airborne particles that may carry the coronavirus, which causes the deadly COVID-19 respiratory disease.

And this is all because Moskowitz — head of emergency management for the third most populous state — can't get 3M on the horn.

In another tweet, he asks 3M if what he heard from MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was true: That foreign companies are showing up at the factory with cash to jump ahead of the line.

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Women wearing protective face masks pray at a cemetery at the grave of a relative who died of COVID-19, on May 21, 2020, in Istanbul, amid the COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus. The cemetery in the city's Beykoz district on the Asian side was built in March when Turkey confirmed its first case. Now it houses more than 700 people who died of contagious diseases including COVID-19. BULENT KILIC, AFP via Getty Images

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A man takes a selfie photo with healthcare workers in protective suits at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, encouraging people who exercise outside, early on May 2, 2020, during the hours allowed by the government to exercise, for the first time since the beginning of a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Pau Barrena, AFP via Getty Images

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A boy tries to wear a face mask as members of coalition for grassroots human rights defenders Kenya (CGHRD'S Kenya) work for their food distribution, a bag contains 2kg of maize flour, 1kg each of sugar and rice, soap, tea, salt and a face mask, to vulnerable families that have lost their income in the menace of the COVID 19 coronavirus in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya on April 25, 2020. President Kenyatta announced to the nation to extend another 21 days of night curfew. FREDRIK LERNERYD, AFP via Getty Images

South Koreans wear masks and sit according to social distancing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19), as they prepare for an insurance planner examination of General Insurance Association of Korea at Seokyeong University playground on April 25, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has called for expanded public participation in social distancing, as the country witnesses a wave of community spread and imported infections leading to a resurgence in new cases of COVID-19. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 new cases were reported. The total number of infections in the nation tallies at 10,718. Chung Sung-Jun, Getty Images

Students wearing face masks attend a lecture on preventative measures against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at the Pyongyang University of Medicine in Pyongyang on April 22, 2020. KIM WON JIN, AFP via Getty Images

Families affected by unemployment following lockdown measures to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus line up for food donations at Wat Bowonniwetwiharn in Bangkok, Thailand on April 22, 2020. LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA, AFP via Getty Images

A paramedic sprays Minister of Information Manal Abdul-Samad with disinfectant as she arrives for a parliament meeting, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 21, 2020. Lebanon's parliament began a three-day legislative session Tuesday at a Beirut theater so that legislators can observe social distancing measures due to the coronavirus pandemic, as protests against the country's ruling elite in the crisis-hit country resumed. Bilal Hussein, AP

A resident living close to a boarding house, which housed foreign students from Malaysia, gets his temperature taken by an Indonesian health officer amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on April 20, 2020. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN, AFP via Getty Images

An employee of the municipal corporation drives through a disinfection tunnel outside their office building during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Faridabad, India on April 20, 2020. MONEY SHARMA, AFP via Getty Images

An Indian wearing a face mask looks out from a gate during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, April 18, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown to head off the epidemic's peak, with officials racing to make up for lost time. Mahesh Kumar A, AP

A man reacts as a medical staffer tests shoppers who volunteered at a pop-up community COVID-19 testing station at a supermarket carpark in Christchurch, New Zealand, April 17, 2020. New Zealand is into week four of a 28-day lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Mark Baker, AP

A civic worker sprays disinfectant on a policeman standing guard after a protest by migrant workers against the extension of the lockdown, in a slum in Mumbai, India, April 14, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown to head off the epidemic's peak, with officials racing to make up for lost time. Rafiq Maqbool, AP

A municipal vehicle cleans Nikolskaya street in downtown Moscow on April 13, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. YURI KADOBNOV, AFP via Getty Images

A man pushing a shopping cart asks a woman kneeling in prayer to get out of the way because she is obstructing people trying to get into a supermarket, in Lima, Peru, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The woman was praising God for cleansing the earth of heathens using the new coronavirus. Rodrigo Abd, AP

Catholic believers, wearing face masks and practicing social distancing to protect from coronavirus, are blessed by priest outside a church as religious services continue in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The Catholic community in predominantly Orthodox Christian Belarus prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Sergei Grits, AP

A technician sprays disinfectant along the streets of the French Riviera city of Cannes France, on April 10, 2020, on day twenty-five of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. VALERY HACHE, AFP via Getty Images

A woman stands next to a makeshift checkpoint, part of a community safety initiative in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on April 9, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus epidemic. JALAA MAREY, AFP via Getty Images

This photo taken through a glass window at a maternity ward shows nurses putting a face shield on a newborn baby, in an effort to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Praram 9 Hospital in Bangkok on April 9, 2020. LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA, AFP via Getty Images

An employee of France's biggest coffin-maker, OGF group pushes a coffin in a storage room in Jussey, eastern France, on April 8, 2020, amid the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. SEBASTIEN BOZON, AFP via Getty Images

A mariachi band serenades the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) in Mexico City, on April 7, 2020 to give hope to those fighting COVID-19 and the medical personnel during the coronavirus pandemic. The serenade was organized by the Tequila and Mezcal Museum with the aim of encouraging the sick and medical personnel and the whole of Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic. PEDRO PARDO, AFP via Getty Images

Volunteers from Sonko Rescue Team, an NGO privately funded by Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, fumigate a street to curb the spread of COVID-19 during a joint operation with Nairobi county during curfew at a residential area in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 6, 2020. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on April 6 imposed a three-week ban on movement in and out of four main coronavirus "infected areas," including the capital Nairobi, ahead of the usually busy Easter weekend. Kenya currently counts 158 cases and six deaths from the virus, most of them in the capital, with a few cases also along the coast. YASUYOSHI CHIBA, AFP via Getty Images

An honor guard wearing protective masks due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus prepare for the arrival of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at the King Rama I monument to mark Chakri Memorial Day that honors the founding of the ruling Chakri Dynasty in Bangkok on April 6, 2020. POOL PHOTO BY ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA

An Indonesian woman walks through a disinfection chamber as a preventive measure amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the Harmony bus station in Jakarta on April 6, 2020. ADEK BERRY, AFP via Getty Images

Iranian women, members of paramilitary organisation Basij, make face masks and other protective items at a mosque in the capital Tehran, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis on April 5, 2020. Atta Kenare, AFP via Getty Images

A Sri Lankan fire brigade person disinfects his colleagues after they assisted transporting the coffin of a person who died not because of the new virus during a curfew in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Eranga Jayawardena, AP

Moroccan patients who recovered from the novel coronavirus disease celebrate with the medical staff as they leave the hospital in the city of Sale, north of the capital Rabat, on April 3, 2020. AFP via Getty Images

Migrant workers wait for lunch at a camp set up by Delhi Government during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on April 1, 2020. PRAKASH SINGH, AFP via Getty Images

A medical staff watches from a platform of the Gare d'Austerlitz train station on April 1, 2020 in Paris through the window of a medicalized TGV high speed train before its departure to evacuate patients infected with the COVID-19 from Paris' region hospitals to other hospitals in the western France Brittany region where the outbreak has been limited so far. France has been on lockdown since March 17 in a bid to limit the contagion caused by the novel coronavirus, a situation it has extended until at least April 15. THOMAS SAMSON, AFP via Getty Images

New employees of Japan's defense ministry sit on chairs spaced apart for social distancing due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, as they watch a video message of Defense Minister Taro Kono during a ceremony in Tokyo on April 1, 2020. JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images

A volunteer sprays disinfectant in Shwedagon Pagoda compound as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Yangon on March 31, 2020. Myanmar reported its first coronavirus death a 69-year-old man who returned to the country in mid-March after receiving cancer treatment in Australia. YE AUNG THU, AFP via Getty Images

Motorists are sprayed with disinfectant in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak at the gate of a housing complex in South Tangerang, Indonesia, March 31, 2020. Indonesia will close its doors to foreign arrivals in an attempt to curb the coronavirus spread while the country plans to bring home more than a million nationals working abroad. Tatan Syuflana, AP

Police inspector Rajesh Babu, wearing coronavirus-themed helmet, speaks to a family on a motorbike at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai, India, on March 28, 2020. Arun Sankar, AFP via Getty Images

A member of the South African Police Service enforces social distancing as he makes shoppers hold their hands out in front of them to ensure that they are at least one meter apart from one another while they wait outside a supermarket in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on March 28, 2020. Marco Longari, AFP via Getty Images

Members of the Charitable Brotherhood of Saint-Eloi de Bethune, each wearing a face mask, carry a coffin towards a grave, at Pierrette cemetery in Bethune, on March 27, 2020, as the country is under lockdown to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Founded in 1188, the Charitables have for eight centuries taken care of funerals for the inhabitants of Bethune regardless of religion or wealth. Rarely, though, are they done behind almost-closed doors. DENIS CHARLET, AFP via Getty Images

A doctor (L) shows the welcome desk of a consultation center dedicated to covid19 suspected patients in Tinteniac, France on March 27, 2020. The consultation center is located in an intermunicipal venue to remove patients at risk of infection from doctors' offices in order to continue caring for other patients. DAMIEN MEYER, AFP via Getty Images

The iconic Matterhorn mountain is illuminated by Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter aiming to send messages of hope, support and solidarity to people suffering from the global coronavirus disease, COVID-19, pandemic in the alpine resort of Zermatt, Switzerland, Thursday, March 26, 2020. Valentin Flauraud, AP

An opera tenor singer performs the song O sole mio from his window in Paris on March 26, 2020 on the evening of the tenth day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. PHILIPPE LOPEZ, AFP via Getty Images

The just married couple Laila and Boualem Bellil walk in the Stall Courtyard, a most frequented tourist spot, in Dresden, eastern Germany, Thursday, March 26, 2020. They celebrate today without wedding guests because of the government regulations and want to make up for the party next year. In order to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, the German government has considerably restricted public life and asked the citizens to stay at home. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Jens Meyer, AP

Members of the Danish Parliament stand in line to vote one by one on another emergency law to combat the coronavirus pandemic, outside the Parliament at Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 26, 2020. IDA GULDBAEK ARENTSEN, Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images

Barber Eugenio Lafargue, reflected in a mirror wearing a protective face mask against a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, styles a customer's hair, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Ramon Espinosa, AP

Egyptian municipality workers disinfect the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on March 25, 2020 as protective a measure against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. KHALED DESOUKI, AFP via Getty Images

Medical staffers wearing protective gear, part of a special unit performing house calls, work in Bergamo, northern Italy, one of the areas worse-affected by coronavirus, March 25, 2020. Claudio Furlan, LaPresse via AP

A Serbian military personal wearing a protective mask walks amongst beds set up inside a hall at the Belgrade Fair to accommodate people suffering from mild symptoms of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 on March 24, 2020. More than 200,000 coronavirus cases have been declared in Europe, according to an AFP tally on March 24, 2020. Vladimir Zivojinovic, AFP via Getty Images

A temple worker wearing a mask to protect himself from the coronavirus COVID-19 attaches a name card with a wish to a lantern at Jogyesa Temple as Buddhists prepare to celebrate Buddha's birthday on March 23, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has called for expanded public participation in social distancing for the next two weeks, as the country witnesses a wave of community spread and imported infections leading to a resurgence in new cases of COVID-19. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, 64 new cases were reported. The total number of infections in the nation tallies at 8,961. Chung Sung-Jun, Getty Images

A replica of an elephant with a face mask is driven on trailer pulled by a car to bring awareness during a one-day Janata (civil) curfew imposed by the government amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Chennai on March 22, 2020. ARUN SANKAR, AFP via Getty Images

Don Giuseppe Corbari, parson of the Church of Robbiano, adjusts prints of selfies sent by his congregation and glued to empty pews before celebrating Sunday mass in Giussano on March 22, 2020. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on March 21, 2020, ordered all non-essential companies and factories to close nationwide to stem a coronavirus pandemic that has killed 4,825 people in the country in a month. "The decision taken by the government is to close down all productive activity throughout the territory that is not strictly necessary, crucial, indispensable, to guarantee us essential goods and services," Conte said in a late-night TV address. Piero CRUCIATTI, AFP via Getty Images

Muslim men perform Friday prayer at the distance of about one meter (3 ft) to each other as a social distancing effort to prevent the spread of new coronavirus outbreak at Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, March 20, 2020. Trisnadi, AP

Passengers ride the tube on March 19, 2020 in London, England. Transport for London announced the closure of up to 40 stations as officials advised against non-essential travel. Bus and London Overground service will also be reduced. Dan Kitwood, Getty Images

A passenger wears a face mask and plastic food bags on her face as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus after landing at Hong Kong's international airport on March 19, 2020. On March 18, Hong Kong authorities began ordering all arrivals from overseas to wear electronic bracelets, connected to an app to mark your location, and two weeks self-quarantine. ANTHONY WALLACE, AFP via Getty Images

Health personnel measure the temperature of a visitor at the entrance of the Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya on March 18, 2020. The Government of Kenya confirmed new positive cases of COVID-19 coronavirus on March 18, 2020, bringing the total official number of cases in the East African country to 7. African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness. LUIS TATO, AFP via Getty Images

Thousands of Muslims attend a prayer session asking for safety amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, near Raipur in Lakshmipur district on March 18, 2020.Thousands of Muslims have joined a special prayer in a southern Bangladesh town seeking protection from the coronavirus to almighty, officials said on March 18 as the south Asian nation confirmed its first casualty by Covid-19. AFP via Getty Images

Volunteers pack hand sanitizer and disinfectant that will be distributed for free in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico on March 18 2020, as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19. JULIO CESAR AGUILAR, AFP via Getty Images

A deliveryman wearing a protective face mask pauses by a double-deck tourist bus decorated with a huge mask in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on March 18, 2020. Ukraine late on March 16 announced shutdowns of public transport, bars, restaurants and shopping malls to stem the spread of the coronavirus after President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to act "harshly, urgently, perhaps unpopularly". The government supported Zelensky's proposals and introduced restrictions on domestic movement, including full closure of the country's three metro systems in Kiev, Kharkiv and Dniprom until April 3. SERGEI SUPINSKY, AFP via Getty Images

A man sprays commuters with hand sanitizer as a preventive measures in Johannesburg, South Africa on March 18, 2020. African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness. MICHELE SPATARI, AFP via Getty Images

The UME (Emergency Army Unit) attend the train station in Granada, Spain March 17, 2020. Police checked passports and IDs at the Pyrenees' border with France and along the 1,200 kilometer shared border with Portugal, as Spain re-established controls for incoming and outgoing travellers to stem the new COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Carlos Gil, AP

People clap their hands and wave, in Rome, Saturday, March 14, 2020. At noon in Italy, people came out on their balconies, terraces, gardens or simply leaned out from open windows to clap for several minute in a gesture of thanks for the doctors, nurses, other hospital staff and ambulance crews who have been treating and helping infected patients. Mauro Scrobogna, AP

Employees of the Istanbul Municipality wearing protective gear disinfects a subway carriage to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, in Istanbul on March 12, 2020. Turkey announced on March 11, 2020 its first coronavirus case, a man who had recently travelled to Europe and is in good health. Yasin Akgul, AFP via Getty Images

Workers place a mask on the figure of the Fallas festival in Valencia, Wednesday March 11, 2020. The Fallas festival which was due to take place on March 13 has been cancelled over the coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Alberto Saiz, AP

A disinfectant worker sprays anti-septic solution against COVID-19 aboard a firetruck along a street on March 11, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday declared a state of public health emergency as the number of people infected with COVID-19 in the country rose to 33 from just 3 cases last week. With over 115,000 confirmed cases around the world, the coronavirus has so far claimed over 4,000 lives. Ezra Acayan, Getty Images

Medical staff celebrate after all patients were discharged at a temporary hospital set up to treat people with the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 9, 2020. China closed most of its makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients, some schools reopened and Disney resort staff went back to work on March 9 as normality slowly returns to the country after weeks battling the epidemic. AFP via Getty Images

A protester sprays protesters with sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus during a rally demanding women's right during the International Women's Day in Tahrir square in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Khalid Mohammed, AP

Medics treat a patient infected with the new coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2020. With the approaching Persian New Year, known as Nowruz, officials kept up pressure on people not to travel and to stay home. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour, who gave Iran's new casualty figures Sunday, reiterated that people should not even attend funerals. Mohammad Ghadamali, AP

Volunteers spray disinfectant with a robot at a residental area in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 3, 2020. The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on March 3 but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to six. AFP via Getty Images

Medical personnel attend to a patient in critical condition at a hospital designated for coronavirus patients in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Sunday, March 1, 2020. China on Sunday reported a slight uptick in new cases exceeded 500 over the past 24 hours. They remain almost entirely confined to the hardest-hit province of Hubei and its capital, the epicenter of Wuhan. AP

Mask-clad commuters make their way to work during morning rush hour at the Shinagawa train station in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2020. Tokyo's key Nikkei index plunged nearly three percent at the open on February 28 after US and European sell-offs with investors worried about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU, AFP via Getty Images

Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a bus garage in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 26, 2020. The number of new virus infections in South Korea jumped again Wednesday and the U.S. military reported its first case among its soldiers based in the Asian country, with his case and many others connected to a southeastern city with an illness cluster. Ahn Young-joon, AP

A Chinese woman wears a protective mask as she has her temperature checked before entering a park with her child on Feb. 9, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to more than 37000 in mainland China Sunday, days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global public health emergency. China continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities have put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicenter of the virus and municipalities in other parts of the country affecting tens of millions of people. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 810 on Sunday, mostly in Hubei province, and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and several others. The World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert and screening has been stepped up at airports around the world. Some countries, including the United States, have put restrictions on Chinese travelers entering and advised their citizens against travel to China. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images

A Chinese girl wears a plastic bottle as makeshift homemade protection and a protective mask while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on Jan. 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China Thursday as the country continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicenter of the virus and neighboring municipalities affecting tens of millions of people. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 170 on Thursday, mostly in Hubei province, and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and France. The World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert, and its emergency committee is to meet later on Thursday to decide whether to declare a global health emergency. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images

Chinese police officers wearing masks stand in front of the Tiananmen Gate on Jan. 26, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of coronavirus rose to 1,975 in mainland China on Sunday. Authorities tightened restrictions on travel and tourism this weekend after putting Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, under quarantine on Thursday. The spread of the virus corresponds with the first days of the Spring Festival, which is one of the biggest domestic travel weeks of the year in China. Popular tourism landmarks in Beijing including the Forbidden City, Badaling Great Wall, and The Palace Museum were closed to the public starting Saturday. The Beijing Municipal Education Commission announced it will delay reopening schools from kindergarten to university. The death toll on Sunday rose to 56. The majority of fatalities are in Wuhan where the first cases of the virus were reported last month. Betsy Joles, Getty Images

A Malaysia Health official checks passengers going through a thermal scanner upon their arrival at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Jan. 21, 2020. More cases of the mysterious SARS-like virus linked to the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak were reported in China on January 20, 2020, bringing the total number of cases to more than 200 with at least six deaths so far. AHMAD YUSNI, EPA-EFE

Chinese children wear protective masks as they wait to board trains at Beijing Railway station before the annual Spring Festival on Jan. 21, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to nearly 300 in mainland China Tuesday as health officials stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts confirmed can be passed from human to human. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to six on Tuesday and cases have been reported in other parts of Asia including in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images

“Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes," Maddow tweeted this week. "A FEMA spokesperson said the agency ‘has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas.’ ”

This revelation comes at a time when Florida and other states are competing for supplies essential to protecting health care workers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic.

Moskowitz has said he feels like he's "chasing ghosts" and likened the mask market to a Ponzi scheme, while DeSantis said it was like "kabuki."

Despite that, Democratic Party officials and politicians blasted the DeSantis administration over the lack of supplies. (Moskowitz, it should be noted, was a Democratic state representative before he took the emergency management job.)

DeSantis "is not managing supplies, despite his relationship to the president," said U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala, a Democrat from Miami, the city hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak in Florida. "We have a significant supply shortage in Florida."

Three ill crew members from the Costa cruise ship Favolosa, seated at left, are screened by medical personnel during the coronavirus outbreak after being brought ashore in a lifeboat to the U. S. Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. Miami-area hospitals received crew members Thursday from two Costa Cruise ships, the Magica and Favolosa. Carnival Corp., which owns the cruise line, said the ships are empty except for crew members and remain offshore.(Photo: Lynne Sladky, AP)

Early in March, DeSantis and Moskowitz requested masks, gowns, gloves, beds, respirators and even field hospitals, which the federal government was quick to order. But Florida has lately struggled to find supplies, even swabs for taking samples to test people who present symptoms of coronavirus.

A week ago Friday, DeSantis ordered a statewide ban on elective and non-emergent procedures to help save protective gowns and masks for those health care workers who are dealing with the highly contagious virus.